Numbering-machine.



W. 1A, 4IORTER". NUMBBRING MACHINE. ABPLIUATION FILEDYJUFE 10, 1908.

909, 1.1 5. Patented Jan. 5, 1909.l

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WILLIAM A. PORTERjOFNEW YO'RKN. Y., yASSIGNORWTO WETTER NUMBERING 'MACHINE COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, Y.,

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A CORPORATION `OF lNEW YORK.

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Specification of LettersTatent.

*Patented Jaa-'5, f19'o9.

other printing devicesare advanced through theoperation of a plunger which is actuated by the platen of the printingppress or otherwise, and espeeially'to machines of this `general character which are commonly known in the art as bottom plunger machines, that.

is, machines in whiehthe actuating plunger is placed at one side of orparallel with the series of numbering-wheels ratherlthanat one end thereof.

The object of theIinventionis to enable the necessary movement of the plunger to be made as small as possible while the construetion of the machine, so far as concerns the actuation of the numbering wheels by the movement of the plunger, is exceedingly simple and the whole machine is very compact, as is required, for example, in the numbering of tickets, in which kind of work it is oftentimes necessary that the total width of a machine in a direction parallel with the axis of the numbering wheels shall not exceed one inch.

The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing in which it is illustrated and in which- Figure l is a top view of a numbering machine which embodies the invention.. Fig. 2 is a view thereof in elevation, some parts being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is also a view in elevation but with the proximate side plate removed. Fig. 4 is a view in hori- Zontal section in a plane which passes through the supporting shaft of the numbering wheels.

The numbering machine in which the invention is represented as embodied is adapted to be locked in the frame with type and as shown comprises a frame or case A, having end plates a, a and removable side plates a a', the latter supporting the shaft B with itsnumberng wheels O. The latterareprovidedeach with a ratchet wheel c, 'as usual, andare actuated by a swingingipawl frame aE which is mounted to swingiupon the shaftB and is provided with gpawls e to `engage `the ratchet wheels ein the usual manner. The plunger D, which is adapted Ito ireceive `the pressure of the .platenof the press or lto-be actuated in any other suitable finanner, :is seated upon a spring d, by which it is lifted `when the pressure is relieved, such spring being supported within acavity c2 formedthere- `forinthelower end of theplunger. Studs d, secured ina bottoinplate-a, enter the pluniger D and guideand steady Athe sameiniits movements. yOne or preferably each endet' the end plate a adjacent tothe plungeris recessed, as at agito receive-the end ofla lever F which is fulcruniedon theendgplate, preferably being slotted, as at j", to-engagea fulycrum pin orserew j" which maybe inserted throughthesideplate (1l/into the endplatefc. Eachend of theplunger 1D `is recessed, asat d2, to receive the lever F and to permit free relative movement of the lever which, preferably, is pivotally connected to the plunger, as by a pivot screw d3, which is inserted through a hole c5 formed in the corresponding side wall a At its free end the lever F engages the swinging pawl frame E as by having its extremity suitably shaped to enter a notch e in the pawl Jframe.

It will now be understood that as the vplunger D rises and falls, in the o eration of the machine, it will cause the ever or levers F to oscillate upon their :fixed fulcra f and, through the engagement of such lever or levers with the pawl frame, will cause the latter to oscillate upon its axis. lnasmuch as the point of application of the power of the plunger to each lever F is at a oint between its fulcrum and its extremity, it will be seen that the movement of the plunger necessary to effect the proper movement of the swinging pawl is less than that which would be rquired if the plunger coperated directly with the pawl frame. Furthermore, by seating the levers in the recesses in the end plate and in the recesses in the plunger, it becomes unnecessary to increase the width of the machine beyond what is required for the series of numbering wheels and the pawl frame. The machine,

thereforeinot only provides for a reduced throw ofthegfplunger, but is exceedingly compactlandsimple in construction.

j j I claim as my invention:

j v 1. In ap'numberingmmachine, a frame or case comprising-side and end Walls; a shaft supportedinthe side Walls of said frame or caseandextendingtransversely thereof; a series of numbering wheels mounted upon said shaftgatpawl frame supported by and adaptedgto` swing upon said shaft and to operate said numbering Wheels; a plunger located at one side of said series of numbering Wheels and between the same and one of the end Walls of said frame or case; and

a lever fulcrumed in the end Wall of said frame or case adjacent said plunger, said lever extending parallel with the side Walls of said frame or case and being operatively engaged intermediate its ends by said plunger, and the free end of said lever being in operative engagement with said pawl frame.

2. In a numbering machine, a frame or case comprising side and end Walls; a shaft supported in the side Walls of said frame or case and extending transversely thereof; a series of numbering Wheels mounted upon said shaft; a pawl frame supported by and adapted to swing upon said shaft and to operate said numbering Wheels; a plunger located at one side of said series of numbering Wheels and between the same and one of the end Walls of said frame or case; and a lever located upon either side of said plunger adjacent the side wall of said frame or case and fulcrumed in the end Wall thereof adjacent said plunger, said levers extending parallel With the side Walls of said frame or case and being operatively engaged intermediate their ends by said plunger, and the free end of said .levers belng in operative engagement with said pawl frame.

3. -In a numbering machine, a frame or case comprising side and end Walls; a shaft supported in the side Walls of said frame or case and extending transversely thereof; a series of numbering Wheels mounted upon said shaft; a pawl frame supported by and adapted to swing upon said shaft and to operate said numbering wheels; a plunger located at one side of said series of numbering Wheels and between the same and one of the end Walls of said frame or case, said plunger being provided with a recess; and a lever fulcrumed in a recess formed in the end wall of said frame or case adjacent said plunger, said lever extending parallel with the side Walls of said frame or case and through the recess in said plunger, and the free end of said lever being in operative engagement with said pawl frame.

This specification signed and witnessed this 4th day of June, A. D., 1908.

WILLIAM A. PORTER.

Signed in the presence of H. MULLER,

LEIcEsTER DE RIssER.. 

